Agricultural Production and Prehistoric Settlement in the Jama River Drainage, Manabi Province, Ecuador

这笔赠款允许博士. Pearsall和Zeidler进行一个 在圣伊西德罗的现场实地考察的季节， 位于厄瓜多尔北方的贾马河流域。两人将继续 在现场进行挖掘并对周围环境进行调查 reigon。圣伊西德罗包含一个大的，位于市中心的earlets 这表明它是一个地区性的仪式， 行政中心。这个遗址的规模和纪念意义 建筑意味着剩余生产的存在， 支持密集的人口和材料回收表明， 圣伊西德罗是一个主要的对外联系点， 商品流既沿着厄瓜多尔海岸， 海岸和高地。因为地层和 在现场的时间顺序没有很好地建立， 调查人员将分析已经收集的材料， 进行考古测试，以确定适合 进一步的地层挖掘。通过调查牙买加 排水系统，他们将找到其他网站。表面收集和 亦会进行有限度的挖掘工程。 研究的目的是研究人口统计学的过程， 增长和文化复杂性的伴随发展 发生在厄瓜多尔北方的热带地区。 尽管这种复杂的社会在热带地区出现过很多次 在世界不同地区， 很好理解。这项研究将允许测试 不同的型号。虽然厄瓜多尔是众所周知的丰富， 考古遗迹，很少有考古研究已经 在那里进行。该项目将有助于纠正这种情况。

This grant permits Drs. Pearsall and Zeidler to conduct one season of fieldwork at the site of San Isidro which is located in the Jama drainage in northern Equador. They will both continue to excavate at the site and undertake a survey of the surrounding reigon. San Isidro contains a large, centrally located earthern mound which suggests that it functioned as a regional ceremonial and administrative center. The site's size and monumental architecture imply the existence of surplus production capable of supporting a dense populaation and materials recovered suggest that San Isidro was a major point of external contact and commodity flow both along the coast of Equador and between the coast and the highlands. Because the stratigraphic and chronological sequence at the site is not well established, the investigators will analyze materials already collected and conduct archaeological testing to locate areas suitable for further stratigraphic excavation. Through survey of the Jama drainage they will locate other sites. Surface collections and limited excavation will be conducted at these as well. The goal of the research is to study the process of demographic growth and the accompanying development of cultural complexity which took place in this tropical area of northern Equador. Although such complex societies arose in the tropics many times in different parts of the world, the underlying processes are not well understood. This research will allow the testing of different models. While Equador is known to be rich in archaeological remains, little archaeological research has been conducted there. This project will help to remedy that situation.